As a programmer, I thought the coolest moment of the whole demo was when he changed some code, recompiled while still ingame, and then the engine instantly changed to use the new value. All without ...

"I light my level by dropping a sun in." That statement from Epic Games' Senior Technical Artist and Level Designer Alan Willard doesn't seem like such a big deal on the surface. To a non-programmer, ...

Two years after Epic Games revealed Unreal Engine 5 with a gorgeous tech demo, the next-gen games engine is officially available. It's been released alongside a playable shooter, Lyra. Unreal Engine 5 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm here to help you understand video games. This article is more than 10 years old. Epic’s new engine could halve production ...

Epic is broadening Unreal Engine 3's stereoscopic 3D capabilities, with RealD technology now available to any users in Epic's paid licensing program and to users of the Unreal Development Kit, the ...

Epic Games demoed the cool lighting and shadow features of its Unreal Engine 5.2 game engine at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Unreal Engine leader ...

Chris' earliest video game memories include playing Super Mario 64 with his older brother and that awkward laughter scene in Final Fantasy X. He is a lover of gut-punch narratives, indie games, and ...